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Streets around Times Square have reopened after being evacuated when police received a report of a suspicious package abandoned under a bench in the area. The "package" turned out to be a small cooler with water bottles inside and a bag holding some papers, CNN reports. The objects were found near the Marriott Marquis Hotel at 46th Street and Broadway —a block from where Faisal Shahzad abandoned his SUV Saturday night.

Sucks to see so many non-New Yorkers having a knee-slapping good laugh over such incidents. (Remember the good old days post-9/11, when folks across the country said "We are all New Yorkers"?) It's only a matter of time before such an attack happens in Chicago, St Louis, Denver, Pittsburgh, etc--that will wipe that anti-NYC smirk off your face.

Stasis

May 7, 2010 8:08 PM CDT

RUN AWAY!! RUN AWAY!!

Fondue

May 7, 2010 7:03 PM CDT

The NYC Lost & Found Department has cleared the items for pick up. Crisis averted! =]